Originally Posted by
Majuki
Qantas did this too, and the transaction shows up as originating in Mascot. Qantas also offered DCC, which I posted about the other month on this thread.
A foreign exchange fee is understandable, but part of me thinks issuers moved to foreign transaction fees because 1) they were losing out to DCC and 2) airline websites (and others) were processing dollar denominated transactions internationally.
I was pleasantly surprised when from Australia I booked a flight with United and it was charged by "UNITED CONTINENTAL AUS" and did not incur a foreign transaction fee. By contrast, Air New Zealand processes as "AIR NZ CALL CENTRE AKL AUS", despite the fact that Auckland is not, in fact, in Australia (barring New Auckland in Gladstone).